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can someone recommend me a tutorial or a yt channel or whatever that teach how to build your own computer, i know reeeally few about the subject.
and please no randy taylor shit, i need something more detailed and with less distractions than that
>>956396
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLYB-RWrZg
>>956404
you are autistic enough to know that video, jokes on you
>>956406
I googled "how to use legos youtube"
Its almost as hard to google as "how to build a PC youtube"
I guess I am just a google fu master though.
I'm considering buying the brand new Raspberry Pi 3 model B but I'm just wondering if it is a good value. I'm very interested in the multitude of projects available and I do have programming experience. Also I'm curious how cheap I could build a 3d printer using this raspberry pi
>>956124
bump
Only you can decide if it has value.
>>956131
I'm asking if it is worth the upcharge for the Pi 3 model B versus the other models
any recommendations on how to power a raspberry pi like a battery or something similar ?
Not sure I understand the question...you want to power an rpi with a battery? Look up the rpi power requirements, and then look for rechargeable lion batteries and a battery case to hold them?
>>955961
actually I need to power a pi and arduino + 18 servos each servo needs 150ma
>>955967
So... Do the math and buy an appropriate battery? What do you need us for?
>get new "Wilton" vise
>start taking it apart to check if everything is thoroughly greased
>my SAE Allen wrenches don't fit
>my metric ones do
>disgust intensifies
The Republic has fallen.
;_;
>>956016
>god i hate your fucking guts
nani?
>>955873
God save the queen
Any ideas what I can do with this ammonium sulfide?
>>955853
Smell it. All. Now.
>>955855
I actually don't mind the smell. Of one anyway. I've never smelled this many. Can I die?
>>955853
are those permanently sealed glass containers?
pic is a PCB from a HDD that won't spin up.
what are those little rectangular components sitting on the SATA power connector traces? they are unmarked. how do i find out what the value of the one that exploded was?
Probably a surface mount capacitor. I would otherwise say resistor but they don't typically burn up like that unless you did something horrific to it. Just look up the model number of a nearby one and solder some new ones onto it and hope the rest of the board is not fried.
Just search for surface mount capacitor in a search engine, you can buy them from countless places for cheap, example: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11244
>>955473
>look up the model number of a nearby one
there are no markings on any of them, or on the silk screen
I have a beat to hell portable Motorola record player that I'm modifying to a smaller, more portable version. I had the idea to maybe add a headphone jack running straight from the needle, but it looks like no one has done this before. Would a record player stylus produce sufficient voltage to produce sound through headphones?
Pic related, painted turntable
Previous color after cutting the corners.
>>955462
>portable record player
>but it looks like no one has done this before
Gee I fuckin wonder why
>>955477
Are you telling me that people haven't been making portable record players for the past 80 years? Anyways, that's not the question hotshot. Try again.
>Making an ambient light/sound system that activates upon entering my room
>Upon entry ambient lights turn on and a sound file plays
>Using an arduino uno to control lights
>Using RPi to handle wireless communication from motion sensor to arduino and to sound system to play file
I feel like there is a simpler way to do this. An RPi seems like complete overkill for simply sending a message to my light controller. (The lights will be located across...
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>>955103
holy fucking meme batman.
yea, get rid of the pi and arduino.
>buy atmel chip
>put $2 pir sensor
>program atmel chip to activate lights via relay, music via IR
idfk how youre activating your shit, "Light controller", specify.
hows the sound system turning on?
my method is less than $10 + wire.
i hope it plays the Seinfeld theme
>>955127
>atmel chip
I could do this, (in fact I was probably going to ditch the duino anyway and just use a standalone chip) I'm just using some PWM to control light fades and color cycles.
>Sound system
I was still thinking of ways to get it done. Idealy, I would use a simple speaker that I could upload a simple sound file to (It's gonna say some cringe shit like "welcome home master" and that's all). I considered bluetooth, but...
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Hi /diy/, we need your help,
We are working on an art installation and we need 1 kilometer of black flexible cable.
The ideal diameter is 10 millimeters but it could be a bit less or more.
It could be an empty pipe/sheath because we don't need to electrify it.
Also, we don't need a single piece of 1 km, it could be 10*100m for exemple.
We are obvioulsy looking for the cheapest solution.
Do you have any ideas and/or advices ?
pic related : it's a test we've made
>>954910
Look for the cheap flexible cable store...it's right beside the imitation crab meat store...
Hope this helps...
>>954910
Coax cable. I don't know the exact diameter in mm tho. It's about 1/4 of an inch tho.
Or pneumatic tubing. Not sure of exact cost but it comes in various diameters.
>>954915
something like rg59 might be cheap because digital tv fucking raped it so its useless now
/diy/ I have a problem and would like your input
I have mice in the walls of my apartment. As far as I know, none have chewed through the walls yet but I can hear them gnawing. Problem is I'm on a lease so I can't fuck with the property to get rid of them. I plan on living in this shithole apartment for a while so I'd like to deal with this problem. My landlord won't help and he's also literally retarded so asking him isn't an option. The building has a bad rodent problem but I live on the top floor so I figured it wouldn't be an issue...
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you'll never get rid of mice but you can keep the numbers down. drill a 1.25-inch hole in wall and put one of those live-capture swinging-door traps against the hole, gluing to a piece of 2x4, for example, to give it weight.
(dunno how the electric one in the pic works, i just use a spring-loaded mechanical one)
>>954887
Call your land lord and have them fix it.
>>954887
>My landlord won't help and he's also literally retarded so asking him isn't an option.
Document asking him so you can use it against him later, should any of your property get damaged or he accuses you for damage caused by rodents.
Sup, /diy/.
I bought this neat little lockpicking set.
Where I get started learning how to lockpick?
>>954832
google.
>>954832
http://www.lockpicking101.com/
>>954832
Bosnianbill on YouTube.
I want to zapp my brain for relaxing or increasing focus.
Does anyone have experience with DIY tDCS? Where and how do I start?
>>954784
If you need to ask just don't try it, please.
>>954794
Screw this guy.
Try it, livestream it.
>>954784
fucking wireheads
>read the rules
>no drugs
Quick!
I need some creative yet estatically pleasing diy ideas
aestetically*
aesthetically*
Ecstatically*
Ok, /diy/ i want to harden an anvil. I'm going to buy 2 feet of railroad track and shape it for an anvil, i want to at least. Before i drop the $65 for 2' of track I'm curious if i can case harden it myself. I have a budget if $50 (after buying the track) and lots of eucalyptus wood to burn, some coal, and a blower to pump air in the fire. What steps and materials should i get to successfully harden an anvil? Pic related, the size of track
>>954672
I'm curious, if you have 115 dollars why don't you buy a used anvil or are they ridiculously high priced where you are?
>>954677
All the used anvils I've seen in a 100 mile radius of me in that price range arebeither small jewellers anvils or hornless anvils. I dont jave $300-500 for an anvil right now.
>>954672
First, do you need to harden it? Depending on how much you're going to use it, you may not need to. Find out how hard it is, see how aggressive a file is on it, hit it a time or two with a hammer, it may be hard enough. If you still need to harden it, try to find out what kind of steel it is, you may not be able to harden it anyway. The steps to harden are heat, quench, temper, but on a piece that size... Good luck controlling the tempering heat long enough to do it right. That's if you can get it hot enough,...
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Hey /diy/,
Read this before read me.
https://mrmondialisation.org/letonnante-micro-maison-en-bois-de-chris-et-malissa-tack/
What do you think about this kind of housing ?
Exept the master race comfy style, do you think it will have real environmental and economic benefit ?
>>954659
the market prices are over the top for the commercially available ones
they require far less energy to heat/cool so they are, as consumption go, environmentally friendly, especially if the build uses recycled materials
the same goes for the economic benefit if you do it yourself or find a craftsmen who will not skin you alive for it
the permits however are a bitch, that's why most are build on top of trailers, so they can be considered non-permanent
as to what I think.... well at...
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>>954667
And in regards the insulation ? It's really sure ?
>>954659
Call them what they are: mobile homes. They are fancy trailers for hipsters that don't want to live in a trailer park. Shitty ones at that. They cost a lot more per square foot unless you get a bunch of the materials free and you consider the labor you dump into it worthless. Or you can spend $50k building one that looks like a real house or you can spend $25k and buy one prefabricated that has a real kitchen, real bathroom and is 3 times larger. If cost really is the issue just get a mobile. Lets be real though;...
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